Sunnyi Melles

Swiss actress
Sunnyi Melles
Melles in 2020
Born (1958-10-07) 7 October 1958 (age 65)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
OccupationActress

Sunnyi Melles (born 7 October 1958 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg) is a Swiss-Hungarian actress active in Germany and Austria.

Biography

She is the only daughter of Austrian orchestral conductor Carl Melles and Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929-2001), an actress, daughter of actress Ila Lóth. Since 1993, she has been married to Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1954), son of photographer Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. They have a son and a daughter:

  • Constantin Victor Ludwig, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1994)
  • Leonille Elisabeth Judith Maria Anna, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1996).[1]

Selected filmography

  • Derrick - Season 8, Episode 8: "Prozente" (1981, TV series episode), as Alice Hollerer
  • Die Leidenschaftlichen (1982, TV film), as Charlotte
  • Who's Crazy, Doc? [de] (1982), as Marlene Schulz
  • Tatort: Miriam [de] (1983, TV series episode), as Miriam Schultheiss
  • The Roaring Fifties (1983), as Bambi
  • Rote Erde (1983, TV series), as Sylvia von Kampen
  • Paradise [de] (1986), as Angelika
  • Maschenka (1987), as Lilli
  • '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1987), as Carola
  • Faust [de] (1988), as Gretchen (with Helmut Griem as Faust)
  • Money [de] (1989), as Gabriele Gessmann
  • Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen (1990, TV miniseries), as Norma Desmond
  • Ich schenk dir die Sterne (1991), as Laura Montesi
  • Maigret: Maigret at the Crossroads (1992, TV series episode), as Else
  • The Rat (1997, TV film), as Damroka
  • Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999), as Aurelia
  • Olgas Sommer (2004), as Ella
  • Live Wire [de] (2009), as Sigrid Freesmann
  • The Marriage Swindler and His Wife [de] (2012, TV film), as Gabriele Muntz
  • Freshly Squeezed [de] (2012), as Franziska Schnidt
  • Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga [de] (2013, TV miniseries), as Ottilie Schadt
  • The Invention of Love [lb], as Amine von Kirsch
  • Altes Geld (2015), as Liane Rauchensteiner
  • Der Bauer zu Nathal (2018)
  • Kaisersturz as German Empress Augusta Victoria
  • The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018), as Mrs. Silberzweig
  • Enfant Terrible (2020)
  • Triangle of Sadness (2022)
  • Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024), as Marlene Dietrich

References

  1. ^ "Pedigree Chart for Sunnyi Melles: Genealogics".
  • Sunnyi Melles at IMDb
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